From the Ørsted Project Office and Science Data Center we send our warmest Season's Greetings and best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year to everyone in the Ørsted Team.
We are most grateful for the added support to Oersted operations received from Thomas B. Thrige Foundation and from the Danish Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation which will enable continued operation for at least two more years.
Now we look forward to soon celebrating the 7-year anniversary for Ørsted being in Space since its launch on 23 February 1999 at 10:29:55 UT. We hope for the continued success for the Ørsted satellite operations, for the analysis of Ørsted data and for the publication of results. We further look forward the preparation of the SWARM satellites hoping that the experiences and results from the Oersted project will prove valuable for this new mission.
We thank all the people who have contributed to the project, be it the operation of the satellite, the data processing, the analysis of measurements, the modelling efforts and not least the presentation of many exciting Ørsted results to the scientific community.
Peter Stauning
Oersted Project Scientist
The international decade of geopotential research has provided a bonanza for geomagnetic observations from low Earth-orbiting satellites, and the insights from them into the geomagnetic field. The session seeks papers which examine data from all sources (especially ground measurements) in the context of this new understanding. It is listed in both magnetism and solar-terrestrial sciences, to encourage continued and growing links between the different communities in their joint analysis and interpretation of data. Forward-looking studies to the Swarm mission are particularly welcome.
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More information at meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006
The ESA Swarm geomagnetic field constellation mission 2009-2013 is dedicated to provide the most accurate measurements of Earth's magnetic field and the crucial separation of the contributions from the various sources. The primary research objectives of the mission are (i) core dynamics and geodynamo processes; (ii) lithospheric magnetisation; (iii) 3-D electrical conductivity of the mantle; (iv) magnetospheric and ionospheric currents; (v) thermospheric processes and gravity.
The first Swarm International Science Workshop aims at bringing together scientists working in all fields of Geomagnetism and related fields, which could benefit from the Swarm mission. Scientists already involved in the previous Magsat, Oersted, CHAMP, SAC-C and related missions are particularly welcome. We especially encourage presentations of scientific investigations, which could not have been addressed by those previous missions.
The conference will last three days. During the first day (May 3), a general overview of the Swarm mission will be given, followed by a series of invited talks that will address achievements of the International Decade of Geopotential Field Research so far. The next two days (May 4+5) will be devoted to contributed and invited talks.
The last part of the meeting will be devoted to discussion of future activities in view of the preparation of the Swarm mission. Both oral and poster sessions will take place, leaving ample room for discussions.
The Workshop will be FREE OF CHARGE. For more information check:
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